Skipping meals is not a solution to weight loss according to Louise Serunjogi – a dietician and nutritionist with Uganda Ministry of Health. He says people who skip meals tend to over eat when they get the opportunity to eat food causing more weight gain, which is unhealthy. The Ugandan dietician says, the energy used […]
The Uganda police force is set to create a unit that will arrest health workers that steal drugs from government health centers and hospitals. This follows a directive from the Uganda President Museveni in his State of the Nation Address at delivered at Uganda Parliament in Kampala yesterday. President Museveni directed the Uganda Police force […]
The Uganda Woman Member of Parliament for APAC district in Northern Uganda, Betty Amongi has called upon the various cultural institutions in Uganda to step up their efforts in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Betty Amongi told Members of parliament in Kampala that it is not just enough for cultural institutions to streamline prevention of HIV/AIDS in […]
The representative of the Parliament of Uganda in Parliamentarians Take Action for Maternal and Newborn Health organisation, Hon. Sylvia Sinabulya has said that only 42 percent of women in Uganda get the assistance of skilled health workers during delivery of babies. Sinabulya who is also the Member of parliament for Mityana district told the Parliamentary […]
The State Minister for Primary Health care, James Kakooza has indicated that his ministry will distribute about seven million mosquito nets to Uganda pregnant women and children under the age of five years across the country. Kakooza has told journalists at Uganda Parliament that the ministry of Health has received a grant of about 17 […]